The following 'table' element should have 3 pixels of space between its cells (both horizontally and vertically) and 10 pixels of padding around the outer edge of the table. In addition, each cell should have a two-pixel outset border, with each border separate from the others.

[cl1]

r1c2

r1c3

r2c1

r2c2

r2c3

r3c1

r3c2

r3c3

The following 'table' element should not have 3 pixels of space between its cells (both horizontally and vertically), not should it have 10 pixels of padding around the outer edge of the table. The cells should not be separated except by their borders, and the borders should appear to "merge" so that cells share borders.

[cl2]

r1c2

r1c3

r2c1

r2c2

r2c3

r3c1

r3c2

r3c3

The following 'table' element, with a class of 'cl3', is a test of the collapsed-borders model.